Why did Britain declare war against Germany?
Which war is a good question. However, a google of Andrew Fisher shows he was a late 19th / early 20th century Politician so it must be WW I. The short and simple answer is war was declared due to the violation of Belgian neutrality by the Germans. The ultimate reason was to prevent German hegemony in Europe. The Treaty of London, also called the First Treaty of London or the Convention of 1839, was a treaty signed on 19 April 1839 between the European great powers and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Under the treaty, the European powers recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium and confirmed the independence of Luxembourg. Its main historical significance was Article VII, which required Belgium to remain perpetually neutral, and by implication committed the signatory powers to guard that neutrality in the event of invasion. The signatories of the treaty (the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and the Netherlands) now officially recognis
